Supreme Court’s decision on AMU: Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status intact
New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Friday gave a major decision regarding the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) under Article 30 (A) of the Constitution. As per SC’s 4:3 majority decision, the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University will remain intact. Let us tell you that this decision has been given by the Constitution Bench of 7 judges, which is led by CJI DY Chandrachud. According to the information received, four judges including the Chief Justice have one sided decision, while three have given their separate opinion. There is a decision of CJI Chandrachud, Justice Khanna, Justice Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. At the same time, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma have different opinions.
Aligarh Muslim University, counted among the major educational institutions of the country, was established on 24 May 1920. Feeling the need to provide modern education to Muslims, the great social reformer of that time, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, established the Muslim Anglo Oriental College in 1877. This college later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. It was one of the four central universities of the country after independence.
There he visited world famous institutions like Oxford and Cambridge and dreamed of spreading the light of modern education in India also. He came back and established a madrasa in Aligarh with only seven students. Gradually the number of students started increasing and in 1877, Anglo Oriental College was started by expanding it. This college became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, which is famous throughout the world as a prestigious educational institution.
